The Regressor Only Protects Me [EN]: Chapter 145

145. Transcendental Being (1)

A chilling aura swept through the area.

“……?!”

Jin Jaehee was paralyzed by an unknown terror, unable to move even a single step.

She was merely breathing, yet it felt as though her internal organs were twisting.

Cold sweat beaded on her forehead and trickled down her cheeks.

‘……Sion.’

Anyone could feel it.

The alien dread emanating from the figure standing there.

It was undoubtedly Kang Sion.

Jin Jaehee, who hadn’t spent a single day without seeing him in the previous rounds, knew it.

However, his appearance was somewhat strange.

His brown hair was long, reaching down to his ankles.

A beast? It felt like a human with the appearance of a beast.

His body was slightly hunched forward.

His eyes and nose were obscured by his bangs, but the lower half of his face was very familiar.

Certainly, it was the Kang Sion that Jin Jaehee knew.

‘Who are you……?’

Jin Jaehee was confused.

Why was he suddenly exuding such murderous intent after collapsing and losing consciousness for two days?

And what was with that hair?

His hair, cascading down to his waist like a lion’s mane, made the situation even more terrifying.

Just who was that beast?

For what reason was he in such a state?

Was he really the Kang Sion she knew?

Even Jin Jaehee, the Regressor, couldn’t foresee what would happen next.

The surroundings reeked of blood.

His mere presence was enough to make all living things tremble in fear.

Like a mouse freezing in place, giving up on life before a cat.

Humans were no exception.

Choi Hyunji also clutched her head and trembled.

“Hngh……! Hngh, hngh……!!! Hngh, hngh, hngh…….”

Choi Myungjoon foamed at the mouth and collapsed forward.

“Cough……!”

Thud-!

Only Jin Jaehee barely managed to hold onto her sanity.

Jin Jaehee called out his name with difficulty.

“Kang…… Sion……?”

He didn’t respond.

Jin Jaehee didn’t stop and called out to him in a slightly more desperate voice.

“Kang Sion…….”

But the reaction remained the same.

“You…….”

Jin Jaehee reached out her hand towards him.

At that moment.

The Forest Witch, who had been watching this whole scene, screamed.

“Eugh……! Kyaaaaaaaa-! Aaaaaaaagh-!!!!!”

The field boss witch.

The absolute powerhouse who had been pushing around S-class and A-class players for the past two days, screamed in terror like a child.

The witch grabbed her head like a madwoman and shrieked.

Then, blood poured from the witch’s eyes, nose, and mouth like a waterfall.

The witch suddenly turned around and began to run away, screaming.

“Please save me……! I was wrong! I was wrong! I was wrong……!”

But ‘he’ didn’t let the witch escape.

Whoosh-.

A chilling breeze enveloped Jin Jaehee.

“Haa……?”

Jin Jaehee looked towards where the wind was heading.

Kang Sion was, before she knew it, holding the witch’s head in one hand.

The captured witch shed tears.

“God……, it’s the reincarnation of a god……. Ah……!”

Crack-!

Soon after, the sound of the witch’s neck bones breaking was heard.

The witch collapsed to the ground with her neck twisted.

Kang Sion, who had ‘grabbed’ and twisted the neck of even the incorporeal witch.

Now, he seemed to be looking at Jin Jaehee.

“…….”

“…….”

Only a long silence flowed between Jin Jaehee and Kang Sion.

‘What’s going on? I don’t understand anything……. Nothing. Really……. Nothing…….’

Jin Jaehee couldn’t understand.

Why Kang Sion was suddenly acting like this.

And what Kang Sion’s current appearance was.

Was it because she sensed an unknown danger?

She slowly summoned her artifact.

Jin Jaehee quietly said to Choi Hyunji.

“……Get a grip.”

“……Hngh! Hngh, hngh! Cold……. It’s cold…….”

Cold……?

Only then did Jin Jaehee realize that the temperature in this area was rapidly dropping.

The cause was obvious.

All the grass around Kang Sion’s feet was turning black.

“Hoo…….”

White breath escaped from Jin Jaehee’s lips.

She bit her lower lip.

What should she do?

In any case, Jin Jaehee had to do her best to survive.

But the overwhelming pressure she felt now.

The opponent was Kang Sion.

Kang Sion, who possessed both ‘power’ and ‘intellect,’ was truly the strongest.

To compare their situation, they were like three zebras being chased by a lion.

Zebras never try to fight a lion.

They only do their best to escape from the lion.

‘First, I have to be the bait.’

Rustle-.

In an instant, Jin Jaehee’s hair turned silver.

Then, she put a shield around Choi Myungjoon’s body, who had collapsed on the floor.

Jin Jaehee said to Choi Hyunji.

“Don’t die.”

“……Hngh! Hngh……!!!”

“Just do your best to survive. Even if your limbs are torn off, just stay alive. Just keep your life. Stay alive. You must stay alive. I’ll be the bait.”

“……Hngh! ……Hngh, hngh!!!”

Choi Hyunji nodded, tears in her eyes.

Jin Jaehee was now determined to confront Kang Sion with all her might.

That was the only way she could survive.

“Scatter. Anywhere is fine. Get as far away from here as possible.”

“……Hngh! Hngh, hngh!!!”

Choi Hyunji nodded wildly.

Meanwhile, Kang Sion took another step towards the two women.

One step.

One step.

He slowly and calmly approached the two women.

Jin Jaehee took a deep breath and exhaled.

And said.

“Now.”

The two women dashed off in opposite directions.

And Kang Sion glanced nonchalantly at Choi Hyunji.

* * *

K’s eyes shook violently as he watched the screening monitor.

‘What…… is that……?’

A phenomenon that even he, as the administrator, couldn’t understand.

Kang Sion was clearly unconscious right now.

In other words, he shouldn’t have any consciousness.

Yet, he was clearly moving, and his appearance had changed.

It was something that couldn’t be understood within the administrator’s common sense.

‘How could such a thing happen? It’s as if a transcendent being has possessed a human body…….’

Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad.

Cases of transcendent beings possessing human bodies weren’t unheard of, but they weren’t common.

But even in such cases, it wasn’t possible in this way.

To be precise, transcendent beings would preemptively occupy a human body around the age of one, before the ego [sense of self] was formed, rather than possessing a human who already had an ego.

That was something that violated the laws of the universe.

No matter how inferior a human’s ego might be.

The ego of a transcendent being and the ego of a human could not be combined.

That was a law that had been upheld since the birth of the universe.

……Unless they were one from the beginning.

The moment that thought crossed his mind, K felt goosebumps all over his body.

‘One from the beginning……. One from the beginning……, you say?’

If it was really one ego from the start, then the ‘monster’ in the screen now was also Kang Sion.

And the original Kang Sion, who was still unconscious, was also Kang Sion.

In fact, there were many things that he couldn’t understand until now.

First, why did other humans tremble just by looking at Kang Sion’s eyes?

Second, why couldn’t he, as the administrator, detect the plans of that inferior human?

The administrator was the one who played the role of the middleman between the beings and the humans.

Although he was expressed as a middleman, in fact, the difference in spiritual value between humans and administrators was as vast as the universe.

K’s conclusion after thinking this far was one.

‘……Is he not human?’

K’s eyes, looking at Kang Sion in the screen, were filled with fear.

In contrast, cheers erupted among the beings.

At first, they were indifferent, but now they were ecstatic.

Kang Sion, who had been the weakest in terms of power until now, was pushing Jin Jaehee.

There was no sight more entertaining than this for them.

* * *

Choi Hyunji summoned her artifact in an instant, feeling the murderous intent.

A black object began to envelop her body.

At that moment, countless needles flew in from the left.

Thwack thwack thwack thwack thwack!

The needles that flew in initially were embedded in the black object, but she couldn’t have anticipated the subsequent attacks.

……Tzzzzz.

The needles that pierced through the black object began to spread like tree branches.

Choi Hyunji was startled and just stared at it.

“……Transformation?!

What Kang Sion could currently use was the movement, diffusion, and aggregation of the sphere.

Even if it was a transformation of the sphere, he couldn’t develop it to a line, and could only slightly change it to an oval shape.

But the sphere in front of her was not only thinly sharpened like a needle, but it was also transforming and destroying the black object.

Soon, the black object was torn.

Tzzzzzz-!

As if a giant rubber band was being torn.

‘……Crazy. Is he a monster?!’

Choi Hyunji, who was able to grasp the situation to some extent, immediately summoned another defensive object.

This area was a forest with many trees.

The black object surrounded the trees and created a barricade.

‘I have to run first. I don’t know what’s going on…….’

Choi Hyunji instinctively realized.

If she didn’t run away right now, she would surely die.

But everything was already in Kang Sion’s palm.

“…….”

What had been attached to the tree before Choi Hyunji’s black object was a huge thorn extending outwards.

Kang Sion freely adjusted the size of the thorn.

Thwack thwack thwack! Thwack thwack thwack thwack!

The thorn grew larger and instantly tore the black object apart.

It didn’t stop there.

The thorn that pierced through the black object now spread out in all directions like an umbrella stand, sealing the black object.

‘Could he have predicted everything from the beginning……?’

Choi Hyunji tried to move by canceling the black object artifact itself.

But it was too late the moment she realized it.

Srrrrrrrr……. Swish!!!!

A chain stealthily approached from under her feet and snatched Choi Hyunji’s ankle in an instant.

“Kyaa……! Eugh……!!!!”

The pain was so great that even her scream was cut off.

The end of the chain was pierced like a fishing hook, snatching Choi Hyunji’s leg flesh in an instant.

“Haa……! Haa……! Ha!”

Choi Hyunji hung upside down on the tree, breathing irregularly.

She was looking at the world upside down.

The sight she saw was truly amazing and terrifying.

Numerous traps to catch Choi Hyunji had already been set up.

In that short amount of time.

Even though he was facing her at the same time.

Kang Sion had blocked all her escape routes.

The blood flowing down from her leg where the fishing hook had dug in passed through her calf, thigh, stomach, neck, and face in order and fell to the ground.

Drip……. Drip……. Drip.

Choi Hyunji now stared at him with a blank expression, her eyes wide open, like a fish that had given up on life.

He was walking straight in a straight line, and the path he had walked was completely destroyed by the sphere.

Kang Sion’s eyes were still not visible.

Choi Hyunji felt fear and helplessness as she watched him approach her.

She didn’t know.

The person named Kang Sion.

Perhaps all the enemies of Kang Sion until now had felt this fear?

At that moment, Choi Hyunji was able to understand the feelings of Kang Sion’s enemies she had faced.

No matter what she did, it was all in Kang Sion’s palm.

His domain that she could never escape.

She was convinced that it was impossible to face him.

“…….”

“…….”

Before she knew it, Kang Sion stood facing Choi Hyunji, who was hanging upside down.

Kang Sion seemed to be staring at her silently for a while.

His eyes were not visible, but Choi Hyunji felt a sense of terror as if he could see through everything about her.

Then, Choi Hyunji unknowingly muttered to herself.

“……Please save me.”

But there was no way Kang Sion could hear her words.

He was just reaching out his hand towards her face.

It was then. Three holy swords flew towards Kang Sion.

Whoosh-. Whoosh-. Whoosh-. Bang, bang, bang!

It was Jin Jaehee.

Covered in blood, she pounced on Choi Hyunji.

Thwack thwack thwack thwack-!

The two women flew in opposite directions and were able to get away from Kang Sion, albeit a little.

Jin Jaehee had snatched Choi Hyunji so strongly that they couldn’t stop until they were at least 500m away from him.

Choi Hyunji, who was in her arms, sobbed.

“Sister……. Sister……. Sister……!!! Me……!!!”

“I know. I know, so be quiet.”

Jin Jaehee calmly calmed her down, but she herself was torn and covered in wounds.

To think that he had predicted that she would come to save Choi Hyunji and had even set up traps along the route.

Jin Jaehee put her shield around Choi Hyunji.

And she took a deep breath and looked at the dark forest.

If they were surrounded by three holy swords, they would be able to hold him for at least 5 minutes.

What she had to do during those 5 minutes was decided.

“…….”

Jin Jaehee closed her eyes tightly and opened them.

The only time to make Kang Sion unable to fight was now.

Swoosh-. Swoosh-. Swoosh-.

The holy swords began to return to their owner.

That meant that Kang Sion had started moving again.

Jin Jaehee swallowed hard.

She could feel his gaze from all directions.

(To be continued in the next episode)